Precision vs a full-time AI hire
Some companies should absolutely make this hire - we'll tell you when. For most 10-50 person teams, the real problems are the timeline, the rarity of the skillset, and the queue that forms behind one person.
Side by side
Where the full-time hire wins
Deep, dedicated context - they live in your business every day
Real ownership and accountability, if you find the right person
At sufficient scale with a sustained AI roadmap, it's the right call
The verdict
- You're at the larger end (toward $30M) with a real, multi-year AI roadmap
- You've found a rare candidate who combines AI skill with business operations
- You want the capability in-house long-term and can absorb the ramp time
- You need working agents this quarter, not a hiring pipeline
- The AI + systems + business-ops skillset is proving as rare as it is
- You want a whole team's expertise and an existing platform, not one person building from scratch
Frequently asked questions
Should I hire a Head of AI or use Precision?+
Ask two questions: how soon do you need agents working, and how big is the roadmap? The hire path means months of searching for a rare skillset, then months of building - the right investment for a larger company committed to in-house capability. Precision gets a 10-50 person team to installed, running agents in 30 days, with operators who've done it before. Plenty of companies start with us and make the hire later, informed.
What does a hire cost compared to Precision?+
We won't quote salary markets - they move. Structurally: a hire is a full salary plus ramp time plus the risk of a miss, and everything depends on one person. Precision is an annual subscription plus an implementation fee, sized on a growth session, and it comes with a platform and a team rather than a job req.
Could a hire and Precision work together?+
Yes, very well. When there's an internal owner, they get leverage from day one - the platform, the agent library, and our operators - instead of spending their first year building infrastructure. Some of our best-run customers pair an internal champion with Precision underneath.
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